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Nonviolence RadioThe Visionary Activism of the Long Civil Rights MovementVictoria Wolcott joins Stephanie and Michael on this episode of Nonviolence Radio to talk about her recent book, Living the Future: Utopianism and the Long Civil Rights Movement. Victoria, a history professor at the University of Buffalo, explores the long history of utopianism in the US and its relation to nonviolence, specifically nonviolence as manifested in constructive program, that is, the active building of a nurturing and supportive community as an alternative to a discriminatory and oppressive one. Much of traditional history doesn’t shed light on this ‘constructive’ aspect of the Civil Rights Moveme...
2024-09-1155 min
The Trans Narrative PodcastMarla Alpert : Broadway, passing privilege, and why using effective language could save livesOn this episode Athena, Caroline, and Lusi are joined by our guest co host Ocean Kane and from broadway, Marla Alpert On todays episode the trans narrative co hosts meet with Tiktoker, seasoned actress, and singer, Marla Alpert as they explore broadway, musical theater, passing privilege, and why using effective language could save the trans and non binary community. “Marla Alpert (she/they) is a seasoned actor and singer, having performed in the national tours of Jekyll and Hyde and ragtime, as well as national Yiddish theater folksbiene’s the sorceress, and over a dozen regional shows throughout the coun...
2023-03-011h 31
Creatives Off The ClockOutside the Box: Creativity & Ritual As Radical Acts of Decolonization & Self-LoveJoin me for this long-awaited episode I've been sitting on & letting percolate for the last few months of the year, for all the best reasons! I speak with THE Katherine Newell Okojie, spiritual leader & facilitator, systemic change strategist, speaker, author, and dear friend.This was such a deeply personal & spiritual conversation and I am so thankful to have birthed this together! We talk about the importance of ritual in our lives as divine creative beings, finding time and space to be in our bodies, how creativity is infused with ethical manifestation, and we break...
2023-01-0357 min
Morning MeetingA Special Show on Downtown New YorkThis week, Graydon Carter joins Ashley and Mike to discuss AIR MAIL’s first-ever special issue, devoted entirely to downtown New York. In addition, James Wolcott takes us on a tour of CBGB, the Mudd Club, and some of the other notorious (and now gone) rock clubs from the 70s and 80s. And speaking of music: Chris Black reports on Electric Lady, the Greenwich Village recording studio started by Jimi Hendrix, while Stephanie Danler shares her memories of seeing a pre-fame Lady Gaga in 2006 at Pianos. All this and more make this week’s show one you won’t want t...
2022-11-1937 min
Let's Go To Court!Another Family Annihilator & the Smiling WidowHate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon!
Lowell Lee Andrews seemed like a brainy, well-behaved teenager. In fact, the local newspaper called him, “the nicest boy in Wolcott.” After he graduated from high school, he took off for the University of Kansas, where he majored in zoology. Lowell’s life seemed unremarkable in its normalcy. But then, during his Thanksgiving break in 1958, Lowell went home and murdered his entire family.
Then Kristin tells us about Jessie Costello, a.k.a., the smiling widow. In the 1930s, Jessie Costello was really something. She was a...
2019-12-111h 34
HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's DeadwoodDeadwood 2x07 "E.B. Was Left Out"
Episode Nineteen. If you're lonely and forsaken, HoopleCast, featuring guest Stephanie Edd of EddCast, is available to milk you of your sorrows. (Then, afterward, complete this survey, maybe?) A gathering of worthies makes the camp's mayor feel excluded... Wolcott steps on Charlie's foot... Al is everyone's life coach and shares his affection for a particular difficult-to-pronounce tea... The hoopleheads enjoy a little erotic fiction from 1876. ... Also, Sue helps us say "bon voyage!" to an acclaimed artist. | Send feedback to hooplecast@gmail.com. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 25, 2015. Released...
2015-10-303h 05